Valour: The Royal.
Cryptic: The Protectors.
Brutes: The Forgotten.
Raina Aldrich, 19, raised by Brutes, Valour by blood, sheltered by Cryptics. She's caught in a whirlwind of unbreakable politics and laws, torn between where her loyalties lie, where her heart belongs and where her responsibilities are imperative.
Ridge Wildor, 22, Cryptic. Leader, and son of the Cryptic councilwoman, he's intelligent and brave, it's in his blood to protect, but his duty to do what's right for their planet is tested when he finds his desires for Raina developing beyond what is anticipated.
Two worlds collide in one epic tale. Artemisia had lived in isolation for almost her entire life, but when she one day encounters a strange creature in an abandoned laboratory - her whole life is shaken from the roots. The young woman stumbles into a magnificent new world at the brink of war with none other than her very own home. Artemisia is forced to question her own morals and her journey makes her into someone she never thought she will become. Suddenly her endless pursuit for human companionship is overcome with the desire to protect those she meet on her adventure and she is involuntarily drawn to a stranger she thought once to be the enemy...
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